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September 13
1885
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA EXCUSE USED BY BRITAIN TO KEEP EMBARGO ON CANADIAN CATTLE.
1885
80 TONS OF LETHBRIDGE COAL SOLD IN WINNIPEG.
1937
ALBERTA MINIMUM WAGE SET AT 33 1/2 CENTS AN HOUR
1938
FUNERAL OF CHIEF FAULDS OF TABER HELD.
1939
LETHBRIDGE SCANS WAR BUDGET. NEW TAX ON ELECTRICITY WOULD YIELD OVER $7500 A YEAR HERE.
1941
#8 BOMBING SCHOOL WILL OPEN HERE IN MID OCTOBER
1943
RATS INVADING WEST, HAVE NOT REACHED LETHBRIDGE.
1951
R.R. DAVIDSON, PIONEER CITY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LAYS CORNERSTONE FOR NEW ALLAN WATSON SCHOOL.
1952
LETHBRIDGE BECOMES POSSESSOR OF ITS FIRST SENIOR CITIZENS' HOME AT 515 5TH ST. S.
1956
REG TURNER AND EDWARD CASTLES NOMINATED FOR CITY COUNCIL BY LETHBRIDGE CITIZENS ORGANIZATION.
1962
NEW AGNES DAVIDSON SCHOOL OFFICIALLY OPENED.
1965
PETITION SUBMITTED TO CITY ASKS THAT ALL STORES BE OPEN UNTIL 9:00 PM. BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
1971
FOUR MEMBERS OF SIX MAN RUSSIAN TRADE DELEGATION IN CANADA VISIT LETHBRIDGE PLANT OF SWIFT CANADIAN CO. LTD.
1972
WOODWARD STORES LTD. UNVEILS PLANS FOR LETHBRIDGE CENTRE
September 14
1920
SUNFLOWER ACREAGE AROUND CARDSTON TO GO TO A THOUSAND ACRES ONE HUNDRED SILOS WILL BE BUILT TO STORE THE CROP.
1923
WILLIAM LUEHR, WHO FARMS SOUTH OF TABER HAS A FINE CROP OF GRAPES ON HIS DRY LAND FARM.
1940
SINGLE MEN 21-24 AND CHILDLESS, WIDOWS CALLED TO REPORT
1943
CITY STUDIES THE GRADING OF A PUBLIC ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HENDERSON LAKE AS CLOSE TO THE WATER AS POSSIBLE.
1944
ALD. L.S. TURCOTTE NOMINATED LIBERAL CANDIDATE HERE.
1944
GOV'T AUTHORIZES PURCHASE OF 450 ACRES NEXT TO EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR EXPANSION.
1964
FIRE CAUSES $25,000 TO $30,000 DAMAGE TO NORBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH ON 8TH AVE. NO.
September 15
1905
GOVERNOR GENERAL VISITS.
1910
A BROCHURE PUBLISHED BY THE LETHBRIDGE BOARD OF TRADE STATES THE COST OF OBTAINING THE FARMERS FIRST CROP AT $10.95 PER ACRE. TAXES AT $16 PER QUARTER SECTION.
1934
NEW GALT COAL MINE ACROSS RIVER.
WORK TO START NEXT WEEK SINKING SHAFT. #6 MINE OF GALT COLLIERIES
NEW MINE WILL BE READY FOR 1935-36 SEASON.
1942
GOV'T ADMITS DIEPPE LOSSES TOTAL 3350 MEN, 2574 MISSING, SIX OF THEM FROM LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT.
1951
LETHBRIDGE'S POPULATION BOOST 51% IN 10 YEARS. NOW AT 22,811
1952
MEMORIAL UNVEILED AT COUTTS TO MARK FORT BENTON-FORT MACLEOD TRAIL.
1956
LIBRARY FOR NORTH LETHBRIDGE DISCUSSED.
1960
CHIEF JUDGE E.B.FEIR PLACES CORNERSTONE FOR WINSTON CHURCHILL SCHOOL IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE
1964
EDWARD D.FRYETT MAGISTRATE JUDGE, RCMP. VETERAN DIES IN LOCAL HOSPITAL.
1965
FIRST SNOWFALL HITS & SOUTH ALBERTA GRAIN CROPS SUFFER.
1975
"PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR" SIGNALS, ACTIVATED BY PEDESTRIANS SOON TO BE INSTALLED AT 8 CITY INTERSECTIONS.
1975
BEE GEES DRAW CROWD OF 6000 TO LETHBRIDGE SPORTSPLEX.
1983
LUCIE MARIE BOHAC NAMED MISS LETHBRIDGE 1984.
September 16
1889
LETHBRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDED AT A MEETING IN THE LETHBRIDGE HOTEL.
1908
E.H. WILSON WEDDING TAKES PLACE.
1940
$900,000 BOMBING SCHOOL FOR LETHBRIDGE TO BASE 100 AIRCRAFT.
1943
PILOT OFFICER CHARLES CHOW AND SGT. FRED BENY SUEY ARE GIVEN ROYAL SEND OFF IN CHINESE NATIONAL LEAGUE HALL.
1943
SOUTH ALBERTA BEGINS HARVESTING LARGEST BEET ACREAGE IN HISTORY.
1944
TRANS CANADA AIRLINES OPENS NEW TICKET OFFICE AT STREET LEVEL IN MARQUIS HOTEL.
1945
RUNWAYS AT KENYON FIELD BEING LENGTHENED TO ACCOMMODATE HEAVY AIRCRAFT
1946
20 CENTS ISSUED HARVEST SCENE ON TOM LANIER FARM BY NICHOLAS MORANT 1942.
1952
LETHBRIDGE'S NEW COURT HOUSE OFFICIALLY OPENED.
1960
FIRST UNITED CHURCH BUILDING IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE DEMOLISHED.
1961
THE HERALD'S FIRST CIRCULATION MANAGER, S.A.BUCHANAN DIES AT 71
1964
PRIME MINISTER PEARSON SPENDS NIGHT IN CITY.
1966
WORKERS AT CANADA PACKERS PLANT IN CITY GO ON STRIKE.
1977
LYNCH-STAUNTON FAMILY ARRIVED IN ALBERTA WITH NWMP.
1983
CP'S KIPP YARDS OPEN.
September 17
1929
THE SHIP'S BELL FROM S.S.ALBERTA, PIONEER STEAMBOAT AND PART OF CANNON USED TO DEFEND FORT WHOOP-UP HAVE BEEN DONATED TO THE CITY BY J.D.HIGINBOTHAM.
1940
BOMBING SCHOOL HERE TO BE LARGEST IN THE WEST.
1943
500 BEET WORKERS URGENTLY NEEDED.
1952
OLD COURT HOUSE AT 4TH AVE. AND 6TH ST. S. BEING DEMOLISHED.
1952
BRONZE PLAQUE AT CITY HALL HANGS IN HONOR OF C.S. MAGRATH LETHBRIDGE'S FIRST MAYOR.
1956
WORK BEGINS ON NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH AT 11TH AVE. AND 24TH ST. S.
1968
TWINNING OF CITIES OF LETHBRIDGE AND SAINT LAURENT QUEBEC COMPLETE
September 18
1924
THREE HUNDRED MINERS DOWN TOOLS AT NORTH AMERICAN COLLIERIES COALHURST.
1928
CPR PAYS 25 MILLION FOR ALBERTA NORTHERN RAILWAYS.
GOVT. IMPRESSED WITH OFFER. CNR PARTICIPATES ON A 50/50 BASIS.
1929
FIRST TRAIN LEAVES CITY TODAY OVER WOOLFORD EXTENSION, A NEW LINE INTO WHISKEY GAP WHICH OPENS UP A NEW FARMING AREA.
1941
RENOVATIONS ARE COMPLETED AT CITY HALL. VERANDAH IS REMOVED AND THERE IS A NEW MODERN FRONT ENTRANCE.
1943
HALF A FOOT FIRST SNOW OF SEASON.
1943
3RD ANNUAL COMMUNITY CHEST APPEAL OBJECTIVE IS $43,000.
1956
CITY TO MOVE ASPHALT PLANT TO NEW LOCATION.
1963
STERN FURNITURE BUILDING AT 3RD AVE. AND 8TH ST. SO. TO BE DEMOLISHED.
1968
A.C.ANDERSON RE-ELECTED MAYOR FOR THREE-YEAR TERM BY ACCLAMATION.
1971
500 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE UNVEILING OF A MARKER INDICATING THE SITE OF HISTORIC FORT WHOOP UP.
FORT WHOOP UP BECAME ONE OF CANADA'S NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES.
September 19
1893
SIR ALEXANDER GALT DIED
1930
NATIONAL AIR SHOW HELD AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
1930
10,000 THRILLED BY TOURING PLANES. LETHBRIDGE AIRPORT GETS BAPTISM WHEN 18 CONTEST PLANES LAND IN THEIR CITY.
1934
THRESHING AND BEET HARVEST HALTED BY WET SNOW.
COUNTRYSIDE IS SOAKED BY SEPTEMBER STORM.
1942
GALT HOSPITAL ADVERTISING FOR STUDENT NURSES.
1942
1ST ANNIVERSARY OF MOBILIZATION OF 39TH BATTERY.
1952
EDGAR E. DUTTON RETIRES FROM GALT HOSPITAL BOARD AFTER 33 YEARS.
1960
PETITION FOR FLOURIDATION TO COUNCIL FROM RESIDENTS.
1961
APPROVAL SOUGHT FOR EXPANSION OF DOWNTOWN SAFEWAY STORE FROM I.D.B.
1974
FIRE CAUSES $25,000 DAMAGE TO HOME AT 1401 7 AVE. S.
1974
CABLEVISION LETHBRIDGE APPLYING TO BUILD NEW RECEIVING TOWER AT 1228 3RD AVE. S.